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The EDX Advisory blog: Digital, Data & AI

Thoughts, analyses and lessons from the field to help leaders make sharper Digital, Data and AI decisions in Europe and Africa.

Series

Strategic series · 5 episodes

IT & AI: the reality on the ground

Why 70% of major programs still drift in 2026, and how to avoid it.

  1. Episode 1 · Why 70% of IT projects driftHow missing MVPs, scope creep and blocked decisions derail major programs.
  2. Episode 2 · Generative AI and IT budgets: the "divided by 4" illusionWhat generative AI really changes, and does not change, in the cost of an IT program.
  3. Episode 3 · The "Fake Agile" trap and weak governanceHow methodological drift and the absence of trade-offs ruin IT delivery.
  4. Episode 4 · The POC syndrome: why 80% of AI projects failHow to cross the gap between an AI prototype and secure production.
  5. Episode 5 · The new execution contract: governance, capabilities and P&LRegaining control of value, protecting margins and aligning teams from the ExCo to the field.
Client-side series · ongoing

Insights on selecting and choosing IT solutions

For CEOs, CIOs and procurement: turning IT choices into controlled investments.

  1. Episode 0 · Digital transformation: insights on selecting and choosing IT solutionsWhat 20 years on the vendor and integrator side taught me about successful IT projects.
  2. Episode 1 · Consulting vs integration: why handing governance to your integrator is a strategic mistakeIntegrator and client have opposing business models. Without a neutral client-side advisor, real needs give way to the sales sheet.
  3. Episode 2 · The art of the RFP: proof before promiseReplace the sales demo with real proof: a PoC on your scenarios, your data, with the team that will actually deliver.
  4. Episode 3 · Independent testing & PMO: the shields of your budgetWhy quality control and project steering must never be left to the supplier who delivers the work.
  5. Episode 4 · Licenses & contracts: the hidden price of Day 1License metrics, indexed maintenance, locked-in exit: anticipate hidden costs and vendor lock-in from the day you sign.
  6. Episode 5 · Large consortiums (coming soon)

Articles

Data & AI

Without quality data, AI runs on empty

Why the success of AI use cases depends first on governance, data quality and operational maturity.

 Data & Governance

Banks in francophone Africa: data governance is no longer optional, it is urgent

Why data governance has become a strategic emergency for banks in francophone Africa.

 Transformation in Africa

Forget the Gantt chart: the real secret of managing projects in Africa

After 20 years in the field, three levers to turn uncertainty, local ingenuity and proximity into lasting performance.

 Transformation in Africa

Transformation in Africa: why standardization makes no sense

Dakar, Abidjan, Nairobi or Lagos: local realities call for a global strategic framework, never a one-size-fits-all model.

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